Events in Music
- Apr 14 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé" premieres with the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 1 Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Russian Soviet composer, born in Plakhino, Ryazan Governorate (d. 1946) [OS date]
- Apr 9 Renzo Bossi, Italian composer, and educator (Milan Conservatory), born in Como, Italy (d. 1965)
- Apr 17 Herman Darewsky, British composer, born in Minsk, Russian Empire (d. 1947)
- Apr 30 David John de Lloyd, Welsh musician and composer, born in Skewen, Wales (d. 1948)
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